Application engineering the key to productivity: for Hitachi Seiki, sponsor of the Quality category in Metalworking Production's International Machine Tool Industry Awards, investment in new technology is the hot topic. (The 2002 MWP & Subcon Awards).(Statistical Data Included)
Mike Legg, as Chairman of the Engineering and Machinery Alliance and Immediate Past President of the Machine Tool Technologies Association is constantly knocking at the doors of Government. His objective is to try to raise the profile of manufacturing in the UK and to get recognition of its contribution to the wealth of the nation -- far more than the oft-mentioned 18% of GDP and four million jobs. Most recently, he was called to give evidence to the Trade and Industry Select Committee on the Productivity and Competitiveness of UK Manufacturing Industry.
How appropriate then, that his company, Hitachi Seiki UK Ltd of Egham, can boast so many examples of how investment in new technology, even during difficult economic times, can achieve substantial productivity improvements and thereby improve the competitiveness of customers.
`The key to our success in recent years,' he says, `is to work closely with our customers to identify the opportunities for the greatest cost savings. We often support their justification process and work closely with them, providing a turnkey engineering project to ensure that the …
How appropriate then, that his company, Hitachi Seiki UK Ltd of Egham, can boast so many examples of how investment in new technology, even during difficult economic times, can achieve substantial productivity improvements and thereby improve the competitiveness of customers.
`The key to our success in recent years,' he says, `is to work closely with our customers to identify the opportunities for the greatest cost savings. We often support their justification process and work closely with them, providing a turnkey engineering project to ensure that the …
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